before the mannequin challenge, planking, or the Harlem Shake, the hot meme of 1959 involved teenagers cramming as many of themselves as possible into a phone booth
While phonebooth stuffing was arguably a pretty cool meme, it went out of style by the end of the year and was replaced by “hunkerin’”, which is as boring as it sounds and identical to the modern Slav Squat:
“that’s a made-up term!” yes. so are all terms. so is every word ever. language is constructed. that’s how language works. stop unevenly invoking the constructed nature of language to try to stop marginalized people from better representing their experiences and identities.
like, when you say “that’s a made-up term!” we all know what you actually mean is “that term was made up by people i don’t think should be allowed to have a voice"
hey nonbinary parents u kno how there’s shortened terms for mother and father but no good shortened terms for parent?? well i have the solution foryou!!! instead of “parent” u can call urself “guardian” which can be shortened to “guard” and then when ur kid says things like “sorry i can’t go my guard says no” they sound rich and mysteriously important and u dont get misgendered and everyone wins
Additionally, when your kid has a bad influence trying to get them to do something they know you would be against they could say “Sorry, I don’t want to let my guard down” which is both mysterious AND a pun
i’m laughing so hard he’s asking the ghost all the questions and it’s giving answers using the one beep/two beep system, then he asks if it’s a boy or a girl and it just starts screaming
i was playing overwatch earlier n u could hear this one guy’s baby in the background n he brought her over n he told her to “say hi” and u just hear the smallest voice ever go “hi” so naturally i start spamming “Hello!” in the chat and the guy was like “hear that?? zenyatta said hi back!!” n she got so excited it was the most pure experience of my life
[audio transcription: So I’m sure we’ve all seen the videos recently of these things *squeezes the honking chicken several times* little chickens. Um. Well, so I discovered recently that if you pull the head off and then pull the noisemaker out it’s the right size that you can stick it in the end of a trombone mouthpiece. And then *deep breath* *the loudest, most horrible blatting noises* Yeah.]
When I picture a future with you, it’s always perfect. Even if we’re in a crappy house and nothing is going to plan; it’s still absolutely perfect because I’m with you.
This was under the Mosaic Law… Christians aren’t under that anymore…
ok then how about this The things that everyone knows, Jesus’s response to “what’s the greatest commandment”, the thing he also used in answer to “how do I inherit eternal life”:
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
